miercuri, 24 iunie 2009

Fest'Asia (Body # 19)

am fost, imi place cum e designul cu ochiul , am scris un articol pt Sapte seri, "Ochi pentru ochi", pacat ca n-au facut t shirturi pentru fiecare action de ochi, dar imi place gimmickul cu a totally different experience for the eye si spotul festivalului.
am vazut tailandezul Body sob 19, thriller thailandez din 2007, genul Number 23, Fight Club, BDP, i am the killer but i dont know who i am and the audience will have a surprise, tras originar din Psycho al lui Hitch

regia Paween Purikitpanya (debut), o fi fost hit la ei in tzara, dar eu m-am plictisit, am si dormit, medicocru, prea multe finaluri inclusiv unul ciordit din The 4th Man al lui Verhoeven , deh, l-am mai vazut si-n alte parti,

apoi am baut o bere japoneza Saporo cu 8 lei la 0.33, kinda expensive gaijin
si am
plecat de la The Eye 3 (infinity, prezentat de pe beta, looking awful, cam genul de 13 Ghosts asiatic, ma cam kk in fratii Pang, dupa ce am vazut deja de ei o gramada de filme si nu as putea sa zic ca mi-a placut vreunul, asta era de fapt comdei pt adolescenti,
mai dau o sansa azi la Geo-Lobotomy.

Zeder (1983)


cum l-au marketat italienii, al doilea film horror al lui Pupi Avati, dupa Casa cu ferestrele care rid (1976)
si cum l-au transformat in film cu zombi, americanii

Gabriele Lavia (actor cult la Dario Argento, de la Profondo Rosso la Non ho sonno) e un scriitoras care primeste cadou de la iubita lui (Anne Canovas) o masina de scris cu o banda pe care e scris un testimonial al experimentului zonelor K. Adica un loc unde daca ingropi un mort, revine la viata, cu efecte neprevazute si mai ales neplacute pentru cei apropiati. Fals film cu zombi, de factura lovercraftina, muzica de Riz Ortolani, mai slab ca primul Avati horror, in schimb Lavia e convingator, atmosfera ok, ca si decorul ruinelor taberei de copii mussliniene, el a proliferat in gen cu L'arcano incantatore (Arcane Sorcerer, 1996) si Il nascondiglio (The Hideout, 2007).

titluri alternative, Revenge of the Dead (USA), Zeder: Voices from Darkness
Zeder: Voices from the Beyond aka Zeder: voci dal buio

asemanari cu L'aldilà (The Beyond, Fulci), dar mai ales Pet Cematary dupa Stephen King (finalul e aproximativ identic)
croncia dvd aici
extras: un interviu cu Avati de 15 min dar numai in italiana, fara subtitluri si trailerele la Zeder si La casa dalle finestre che ridono/The House with Laughing Windows
2 1/2 din 5, 5 din 10

marți, 23 iunie 2009

Things are Tough All Over (1982)

sau Cheech & Chong's Things are Tough All Over, al treilea film cu Tommy Chong si Cheech Marin, dupa succesul lor cu Up in Smoke din 1978, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) si Nice Dreams (1981).
Singurul film regizat de Thomas K. Avildsen, editorul la filmele C& C dinainte si la Corsican Bros. dupa !! Film de criza, da, C & C sunt unemployed, nu s-ar mai putea facea azi din cauza sterotipurilor arabe that ruled the 80's, most funny in Into the Night unde John Landis juca un arab cu instincte ucigase incontrolabile, sau teroristii cu plutoniu din Back to the Future !!

inceputul are strange similitudes cu True Romance (Chong: [on several cups of coffee, driving] It was Rock 'n Roll that killed Elvis, man!) si peyotele si cu Domino , nu vreau sa zic ca Tarantino a ciordit si de aici, unele similitudini si cu Big Lebowski, vezi cronica de pe e-critic care zice ca e cea mai buna comedie cu Cheech si Chong, I totally agree, plus ca nu e numai drug humor, are si accente de comedie pura, si road movie, si sex (the fifis, frantuzoaicele, de fapt ladies C & C in viata reala, Ricky & Shelby, ele reapar in Corsican Bros. si alte C& C's dinainte), si toilet humor si people in drag !

dar mai cool sunt ei ca Sleyman si Habib, totally priceless, "hair piece, thank you very nice, old-timing man, goat breath, camel this & that"


[the two arabs debating whether they are lost or not while climbing a hill]
Prince Habib: I say we are lost.
Mr. Slyman: We ar not lost. We are Arabs. Lost is when you don't know where you are going.
Prince Habib: Well that is the point, where are we going?
Mr. Slyman: We are going uphill.
Prince Habib: Well, at least when we get to the top, we will know exactly where we are. (the two are now at the top, looking around them, but only see more hills)
Mr. Slyman: You are right, Now I know exactly where we are.
Prince Habib: You do?
Mr. Slyman: Yes. We are in the middle of fucking nowhere! Where is the road? Ah, those two guys!
Prince Habib: Yes, it was those two guys. They have stolen the road too!
Mr. Slyman: Now I am sure of it.
Prince Habib: You are sure of what?
Mr. Slyman: That our mother messed around with a goat herder.
Prince Habib: Nooo!


tot filmul e pus pe youtube starting here:


vazut cu my buddy Marius la Brasov, alb negru in 1988 sau 1987, revazut in 1989, film cult pt noi atunci, mai ales episodul in care ei cintau in clubul Meka si toate fazele cu arabii Habib si Slyman, dar nu l-am mai vazut de 20 de ani, si dvdul de la AC statea la mine pe raft de mai bine de un an, pt o seara ploioasa like this was great...
DVD no extras, nada...
7 din 10, 3 1/2 din 5

luni, 22 iunie 2009

Wonderwall (1968)


un curio, o raritate si unul din cele mai interesante filme pshihedelice to get out of Swinging London. Regizat de Joe Massot (of The Song Remains the Same fame), cu muzica de George Harrison (si contributii de la Eric Clapton la Ringo Starr si grupul Remo Four), cu primul soundtrack care a fost scos de Apple.

Story de Gerard Brach, scenariu de G. Cabrera Infante, romancierul cubanez care a scris si The Lost City, adaptat de Andy Garcia, si Vanishing Point ! Wonderwall e zidul despartitor al profesorului mad scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran, excelent, excentric, maad !!),

unde s-a mutat un top model; Penny Lane (Jane Birkin, hot!) care traieste viata de party a Swinging London. Fotograful cu care are o relatie, creditat ca Young Man, este Iain Quarrier, care a jucat cu MacGowarn in Cul-de-sac si Fearless Vampire Kilelrs, filiatia Polanki-Brach fiind cea care l-a adus pe MacGowran in film. Dudley Moore a jucat o variatie a rolului in Ten, sau Seven Year Itch sau tipice Peter Sellers (I love you Alice B.Toklas) dar aici comedia se suprapune cu tragedia, satira si psihedelia, far out man !

DVD-ul remasterat, cu director's cutul lui Massot contine si un filmuletz al sau de 11 min despre Swingin London, Reflections on Love, cu un nou soundtrack de Kula Shaker.

restul extraurilor sunt cam scurte si cam cioace, plus un poem ciudat de John Lennon, care nu stiu ce legatura avea cu productia.

Dar dvdul e out of print anyway, so, noroc ca l-a facut cinematik movie of the week !
7 din 10, 3 1/2 din 5 !



si ca veni vorba de Jane Birkin, actrita care o juca in biopicul lui Serge Gainsbourg cu Doug Jones, s-a sinucis in timp ce eram la Cannes ! Lucy Gordon was her name, just another Penny Lane !!!

French police have opened an investigation into the suicide of actress Lucy Gordon.

The British actress - who appeared in movies including Spider-Man 3, Frost and Serendipity - was found dead at her Paris apartment on Wednesday, just two days before her 29th birthday.

The Times of London reported on Thursday that Gordon hanged herself. Her body was found at her apartment at la Rue des Petites Ecuries after her boyfriend, who was reportedly asleep in the apartment when Gordon killed herself, alerted a nearby shopkeeper.

The actress is believed to have been devastated after the recent suicide of a close friend in the U.K.

Gordon's father, Richard, spoke out on Friday, to put an end to speculation over the circumstances of 28-year-old Gordon's death by confirming two suicide notes had been found at her Paris home - one written to her parents and the other outlining her wishes for the disposal of her estate.

He said: "There is no question of foul play. Lucy committed suicide."

Gordon recently finished filming on a biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg in which she played British actress Jane Birkin. Trailers for the movie were shown at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week